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It's supposed to poke fun at the computing community's insistence that one needs malware protection software on ANY machine, including Macs. The mad skillz thing above is a joke, see? So is the 'Doug the HAxOR' thing. Must be because of my MAD SKILLZZZ!!!!!!!!! I haven't used antivirus or antispyware on my Mac in six years and amazingly my machines have never been infected. Now, I find it hard to believe they could sell very many. There is an _announced_ anti-spyware app for OS X. I don't believe any can jump across the Interweb and infect your machine, though. There are unconfirmed claims of a handful of other spyware apps out there for OS X.

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Though it doesn't install itself, keystroke loggers tend to be thought of as spyware.Ģ. There is commercial keystroke logging software for OS X. This way, I can tell apps: 'No, you *don't* need to connect to the internet.' Satisfying.ġ. It's not as if those connections would be 'see-through', you know. So if I download, say, a Tic Tac Toe clone and it tries to connect to the 'net without giving the user any internet functionality, I find this rather disturbing.

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Apple, for example, very clearly states that the registration information for Mac OS X will be sent to Apple, whereas many a little app simply starts 'going wild' with outgoing connections that might make me feel quite uncomfortable. Then, for three or four days, you'll see lots of happy PC journalists crying 'Panic! Macs are unsafe, too!!!' until finally it becomes clear that there's no real danger becauseĪ) there was no virus or worm or spyware in the wild in the first placeī) it couldn't have spread like Melissa did through Outlook etc.Ībout this 'is it or is it not spyware' thing: It would only be honest of software makers to _tell_ you that the app is going to send personal information 'home'. They'll go even further and cry 'wolf!' whenever there's an (already fixed?) security gap in Apple's software with a proof-of-concept (i.e. Most computer users nowadays 'know' that you 'can't' run a computer securely without having given some software dealer at least 20 bucks for security software. Not because they truly fear that you're at risk, but to live off of Windows' halo effect.

will gladly sell you 'internet security' suites for the Mac without there being a need for it.